And that what’s now the cheapest may the dearest come to be.
Say, for instance, there was fighting,
And the time came for uniting
The Navy with the merchantmen to keep away the foe,
Do ye think the Greeks and Prooshians,
And the Chinamen and Rooshians,
Would be eager for to help you with a “Yo, heave ho”?
Do ye think they’d care a button what became of our old country,
Or raise their little fingers to help England rule the seas?
No, they’d all be in a flurry just to bolt off, hurry-skurry,